Phoenix警局告别使用逾50年的旧总部 620 West Washington Street正式关闭
位于亚利桑那州马里科帕县的凤凰城市，据 Phoenix 市政府新闻室发布的消息，市政领导、市府工作人员以及现任与退休警员近日齐聚一堂，正式关闭 Phoenix 警察局使用了50多年的旧总部大楼——位于 620 West Washington Street 的警察总部。
这栋大楼于1975年启用，时任警察局长 Lawrence Wetzel 是首位在此办公的局长。此后半个多世纪里，先后有另外11位警察局长（包括代理与临时局长）从这栋大楼里领导 Phoenix 的警务工作，经历了城市快速增长与警务需求的多次转变。
大楼内曾设有局长办公室、各侦查局、弹道与犯罪实验室、讯问室等核心部门。一代代警员从这里开启职业生涯、侦办案件，承担这座全美增长最快城市之一的公共安全工作。
警察局长 Matthew Giordano 在关闭仪式上说：「620不仅仅是一座总部大楼，它是我们工作与身份认同的基石。我第一次走进这栋楼时，还是一名希望获得服务机会的申请人。如今我们向前走，每个人都带着这栋楼赋予我们的根基、历史、教训与精神。」
在退役仪式上，市政领导将大楼正面悬挂了数十年的原始「Phoenix Police Headquarters」招牌赠予 Phoenix 警察博物馆保存。最后，预备役指挥官 Henry Cusson 为大楼正门挂上锁链与挂锁——他是亚利桑那州在职时间最长的治安官，大楼1975年成为警察总部时他已在任职。
Phoenix Police Formally Close 620 West Washington Headquarters After More Than 50 Years
Phoenix is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona. City leaders, staff, and current and former officers gathered to formally close the Phoenix Police Department's longtime headquarters at 620 West Washington Street, according to a City of Phoenix newsroom release.
The building originally opened in 1975 under the leadership of Police Chief Lawrence Wetzel, the first in a line of chiefs who would shape the department from within its walls. Over the decades that followed, 11 additional police chiefs — including acting and interim leaders — worked from the building, guiding Phoenix policing through periods of rapid growth, shifting demands and significant change.
During its half century of operation, the headquarters housed the Chief's Staff, investigative bureaus, ballistics and crime labs, interrogation rooms and other units central to daily police work. Generations of officers came through its doors, starting their careers, solving cases and carrying out the work of public safety in one of the nation's fastest growing cities.
"620 was more than a headquarters — it was a cornerstone of our work and our identity. I first walked into this building as an applicant, hoping for the chance to serve like hundreds of others. Now, as we move forward we all carry the foundation this building gave us, its history, its lessons and its spirit," Police Chief Matthew Giordano said.
During the decommissioning ceremony, city leaders presented the Phoenix Police Museum with the building's original "Phoenix Police Headquarters" sign, which had adorned the front of the building for decades. As a final tribute, Phoenix Police Reserve Commander Henry Cusson placed a chain and lock on the front door. Cusson is the longest-standing peace officer in the state of Arizona and was serving as an officer when 620 first became headquarters in 1975.
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图片来源：图：Phoenix警察局旧总部大楼正门，位于 620 West Washington Street，门楣上为「POLICE HEADQUARTERS」字样。照片：Tony Webster，Wikimedia Commons，CC BY 2.0。Photo: The entrance of the former Phoenix Police headquarters at 620 West Washington Street. Photo by Tony Webster, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0.
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